thatched roofs
Woven straw shelters
Thatched roofs are roofs covered with straw, reeds, or similar plant material layered to shed water.
The technique is ancient and still used in parts of Britain, Ireland, and elsewhere, often for its rustic charm or historical preservation: The cottage had a thatched roof that needed replacing every twenty years.
Thatched roofs require specialized craftsmen and carry fire risk.
- strawTube for sipping
- long strawFavorable selection result
- palm leavesTropical tree foliage
- reedsHollow-stemmed marsh plants
- sedgeGrasslike wetland plant
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